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John is concerned that without looking at employer statistics, there is no way to find the cases where discrimination may be occurring. He doesn't believe that the job applicant has enough information to know whether discrimination is occurring. Statistics should be used to flag possible cases of discrimination.

He also believes, along with Ann and Malik, that beneficiaries can fairly be asked to bear some of the burden of compensation; but he accepts Fred's view that the burden is unfairly distributed. He thinks we should look for ways to distribute it more fairly. Let the government pay to develop better hiring tests and perhaps compensate young whites who are passed over because of strong affirmative action programs.

There are a number of questions that have not yet been raised: Is strong affirmative action morally equivalent to the older discrimination against blacks? Is strong affirmative action wrong because it violates the rule of "merit" or "equal opportunity" in hiring? Does strong affirmative action violate the rights of white job (or school) applicants? If so, what right or rights does it violate? These are common questions that our group must consider.

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